We've been receiving reports here at Avilonation of an increasing number of livestreams that BAN users who mention Avilo's name in chat. Apparently, You-Know-Who's name is just too powerful for these livestreams to handle, so they've decided to censor it. Below is a list of all the livestreams that we've seen do this, with screenshots for proof. If you get purged, timed out, or banned for discussing He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named in chat, please post about it in in this thread, preferably including a screenshot in your post, and I'll add the stream to this section of the fanclub.

The left screenshot shows that the chatter was, in fact, timed out, while the right screenshot shows chat after I clicked on the now-clickable <message deleted> tag to reveal what they said. Here's another image:

Most of the buzz about He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named in the WCS chat was caused by his newest employee, TotalBiscuit, who ran a PRO-BONO advertising campaign for You-Know-Who in the WCS LR thread. TotalBiscuit's campaign was so successful that it managed to derail the LR thread for ten pages, causing You-Know-Who to give TB the Employee of the Year award.

Why does Winter censor his name in his chat? Is he jealous of You-Know-Who? A couple viewers who frequent his stream claim that Winter is not jealous; he's simply trying to maintain order in his chat room because the mere mention of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named incites flamewars among his viewers. However, I'm not so sure. Awhile back, you see, I was reading a thread on the BNet forums, when I happened to come across several posts from, guess who:

Well he sure seems happy at the thought of Blizzard plotting against You-Know-Who with their balance patches. Seems Winter's a little resentful of You-Know-Who after all!

The GSL stream seems to have a bot set to auto-timeout anyone who says Avilo or various Avilo-related phrases (such as "brovilos" and "avibros"). GSL takes it one step further and auto-timeouts anyone who uses Avilo's subscriber-only emoticons (most streams allow his sub-only emoticons).

You KNOW you're successful when other streamers start seeing the green-eyed zerg monster. And there you have it Brovilos (and Avibros), He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has now officially become a well-known figure in the SC2 esports community.

Avilo is not afraid to stand up and say what needs to be said. Many high-level players avoid making comments about balance because of the tendency the community has to flame players for making such comments. Avilo doesn't give a fuck about flames. Hateful comments bounce right off his thick skin. If he sees a problem, he'll stand right up and say it. Sometimes he gets in trouble for what he says. Below you'll find a list of all the times Avilo has made sacrifices in order to save e-sports.

On June 01 2013 02:21 avilo wrote:When asking if something like this is viable you have to ask, "will it get through planetary nexus?"

If the answer is no, then no, it's not viable. There is a balance issue with the match-up right now involving the mocore/planetary nexus, but that's a topic for another thread

User was temp banned for this post and large assortment of past balance whine history/warnings/bannings.

On March 01 2013 19:27 avilo wrote:Terrible last two games. Roach all-in (which isn't even all-in you can just power drones behind it, Zero risk, all reward), and then a ling bane all-in ends the next game in 5 min...

Here's hoping to Taeja comes back next 3 games. Everyone should be glad that Zergcraft2 is coming to an end with HOTS soon.

After the last two games, I leave the wisdom of Dkim here:Now that the highest skilled pro players have been playing the beta for a few weeks, we've been gathering pro level ladder data, pro feedback, as well as watching all the HotS tournaments/show matches that have been going on.Out of everything we're seeing and hearing from pro players, we think the most important issue we need to deal with rather quickly is early game ZvT.

The biggest issue in the ZvT early game at the highest pro level seems to be the mass Hellion contain leading into the various potential mass Hellbat combinations right when the Armory comes into play. The time between Terran gaining full map control and then converting all their map control units into straight up power units looks to be too narrow.

Even without this threat, Terran has plenty of early game strategies to utilize vs. Zerg. We're most likely going to add the Hellion to Hellbat transformation upgrade back to the Factory Tech lab with an Armory requirement. This will give Zerg more time to scout and prep against possible Hellbat based attacks when they see lots of Hellions in play.

Early game threats/aggression/all-ins vs Zerg are a "problem." All threats/aggression/all-ins vs Terran are perfectly fine and deemed as "good plays" though

On March 10 2012 22:17 avilo wrote:Recap: Puma ahead in upgrades, ahead in army supply, ahead with third base. Lots of damage done to MC early game...also Puma holds off blink stalker all-in...MC hits 1 storm to win game, also is able to hit 2/2 b4 Terran's 1/1 is even finished and then hits 3/3 while Terran stuck on 2/2 due to chrono boost + cheaper upgrades.

On February 08 2012 21:11 Destructicon wrote:While I hate to say this, Jakji lost himself that game. After he destroyed the big Toss army he should immediately have gone to deny Parting's 4th and/or secure his 4th and 5th. He didn't do either properly, allowed Parting too much leeway to build back up, and in the end he payed the price for it.

You would think after you kill 100% of your opponent's entire army after they make a huge mistake...with nearly 80% of your army leftover...you would think that you can win the game at that point...but you can't...that's TvP for you in the current state of the game.

Great play by parting...but if people still do not see there is a huge problem here...it's a bit crazy.

On January 24 2011 01:01 avilo wrote:Well, I think this is a fairly justified rage blog luckyfool i'll help ya out with some rage

For people not high up on the ladder, or that just watch random games/replays, you have not seen the ridiculous bullshit on ladder in tvp. Literally any build you do in TvP, protoss has either a unit advantage, or economic advantage, where if you do not defend their bullshit, you lose the game, but if you do, they are still very much in the game with their expansion now up lol.

And like lucky raged bout, if you try aggression, they lol-field their ramp, and stop it and are ahead. Anytime protoss goes collosus, you absolutely have to always have 4-20 vikings, depending on their collosus numbers.

If you mis judge viking/marine/marauder ratio to his collosus/gateway/zealot/stalker numbers, you lose the game from not being able to stop collosus. Also, drops are a joke. Vs mediocre protoss, you will be able to tug them left and right with drops yes...but versus the higher up protoss, they simply will turtle and expand again. You invested into drops -> they do zero and protoss is still ahead now with collosus building up or switch to templar.

If you do not scout the timing on their templar you automatically lose the game from having no pre-emptive ghosts, which you must also perfectly EMP onto templar or you also lose ur entire bio army to the collosous + templars.s

Oh, and like luckyfool said, you can be a 30 apm noob and if you know the 4gate build order you can still win tournaments vs superior players - you can even win TLopens and lots of beta tournaments when everyone are noobies at the game *cough*

Also, a lot of the forum warriors have not seen the pure turtle templar/carrier style that some P sometimes do on ladder, with mass cannons. It sounds like a "lol that will never work" theorycraft, but there's a bunch of top protoss players that literally do that shit - cannon until they have khadayrin an then go carriers.

TvZ is even easier than TvP now imo. I'm not *whining* i'm just providing some anecdotal evidence to support luckyfool's rage - it's pretty justified. And also frustrating when you see certain players 4gate their way to sponsorships...

lol.

And on top of all this, scouting is insanely difficult to do in SC2. Lots of games can be coinflippy =/ ofc Zergs have more of a right to rage than we do as Terrans tho lol.

imo lucky, for tvp now, you have to literally build 3-5 bunkers at your natural to be safe - if you're doing some FE that is. Just play extremely safe on ladder, and build more bunkers than you need at your natural so shitty players don't just rush in and bust you.

And even then, yeah, the actual good protosses have an economic advantage and army advantage because you have to build the bunkers...but that's just the way the game is right now lol.

On December 15 2010 03:52 SjoW wrote:I dont feel like scouting with the early scvs since there is no real information to gain except proxygateway/6pool/proxy rax and all theese can be handled if played properly without using the first scv scout. Its usually all about telling your mind hes gonna cheese me 100% and its often easier to manage it and after that the game usually already have been decided right there after his failed attempt.

vs toss everything looks the same up until 4.5 - 5 min mark and thats when he get a stalker out to neglect any scouting scv. Same goes with zerg and terran they all block their ramp with zergling or marines when the you need the information.

And what about using scans? If you're a terran player you know how terrible this is, basicly its 270 down the drain and not even 100% sure to spot his tech path.

My first scout is always the first helion that comes out. And thats usually the time when you have to see what your opponent is doing. I also feel that people understimates the reads and information you can get just by seeing an opponents army composition early on. Just by poking up the ramp with the first helion gives me the information I need to set aside which openers hes not doing and what he can potentially do.

There's other ways to abuse a player that dont scout tho. 16 nexus / 16 cc but if you do the math they are almost equally strong to 1gw expo or 1rax orbital command expo. And theese openings I usually spot in time with my helion scout to be able to react properly. 1/1/1 is the most versitile build there is you get the option to go any route you want basicly.

Lately tho i've been struggling with 4warpgate / 3warpgate/voidray. And its usually because im playing poorly, But mostly its because players have adapted to my helion runby and starting blocking their ramp with units or pylons to see what they are doing in time.

Im still certain an 1/1/1 build can handle any cheese even without scouting it, if you play it perfect. And thats what im trying to achieve. If this isnt the case I will ofcourse change my gameplan and try to tap that leak.

My predictions for the future will be TvT (no scv scout) TvP (no scv scout) TvZ (I will scout an early scv)

What about mid/lategame scouting? I was watching your stream the other day, I'm not sure what tournament you were playing, you lost one match to a 2gate proxy though. (If that helps you remember)

Anyway, my general feeling was that you barely scouted mid/late game either. You might have gotten some scouting intel with your hellion, but that was the first and last time you got some intel from the opponents base. You didn't scout any expos, at any time. Don't you feel like this can be abused?

It was against slider I lost to 2 gw proxy, and after that game I ofcourse checked the replay and saw my mistake and started talking to merz how to deal with it, and we agreed upon scouting with marines outside your base is the most optimal play.

the helion scout sees if theres a expansion outside his base and i constantly patrol between xelnaga towers and opponents expasion/base to see exact timing of his expansion. If you mean hidden expansion, thats just putting yourself in real danger and I would be glad if someone tried something like that against me.

omg lol, you guys got together in a lil meeting and discussed how to stop that?Did it go something like this?"

sjow: yo i just lost to proxy gates, there's probably some real real easy way to stop it that i just haven't thought about

merz: well...in brood war, we used to use those worker guys to scout around for a proxy...because it's possible an opponent could do that

sjow: i don't use scv to scout

merz: ...you said proxy2gate right?sjow: yeah, that's what it was, there's gotta be some nice adaptation build i can do

merz: yeah...just scout for the proxysjow; you mean with like a marine?

On October 12 2010 02:44 GoldenH wrote:I live in the fantasy world where I am a 1400 diamond protoss player who regularly employs void rays as harassment against terran and know what army i can attack and win and what will soundly defeat me.

If you throw down 2 or 3 rax anytime after the five minute point you will easily have enough army to hold it off by the time 3 void rays are out.

On May 12 2010 11:20 avilo wrote:regardless what blizz and browder bullshits to us, the sc1 high ground mechanic is 100x better than the trash they still have in this game. SC1's is just more depth. Period.

There are many great things about Avilo's stream; but one of the best ones has to be his stream chat. Avilo's chat is chock full of some downright AWESOME people who are chillax, laid back, funny, and just generally really fun to be around. He keeps his chat relaxed, but prevents it from being overrun by trolls. In this section of his fanclub, I will be documenting some of the awesomeness that goes down there. Enjoy!

PS I'll try to do a better job of keeping up with this than I have done with the whole "Phrase of the Day" thing.7 July 2014 -- Funny parody thingy that a viewer cooked up5:12 Jameslove4040: our avilo , who art in sc2. hallowed by Thy name, Thy sc2 come, Thy will be done on sc2 as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily win in sc2, and forgive us our loses as we forgive those toss an zerg win against us. And lead us not into temptation to be zerg or toss but deliver us from thr zergs and toss amen

9 November 2013 --- Funny comeback from a fan to a troll.11:12 Derkhy: i really hate avilo 11:13 Sw4rmlord: @Derkhy its okay. He doesn't even know you exist.

12:34 Scar_ksm: sc3 will be released in 204012:35 Mod Arkansassy: what's sc3 called?12:35 Pandagamer8: there is not gonna be a sc3 if the game dies12:35 Scar_ksm: revengeof david kim12:35 Avidwatcher88: starcraft 3...12:35 Mod Arkansassy: lol Avidwatcher...thx

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2 October 2013 --- Goldencoyote and Rexx977 speak the truth about Protoss.+ Show Spoiler +

12:29 Goldencoyote: Beating a Protoss in lategame is better than sex, honestly... ... ...12:31 Goldencoyote: i get off at least twice after beating a protoss man... ... ...12:33 Goldencoyote: actually beating Protoss does take more afford than getting laid... ... ...12:35 Rexx977: got up to 125 in tvp as T..... lost to deathball and 47apm...

2 October 2013 --- Sazzypantz doubts I'll do a better job at keeping up with this game, and I prove her wrong by adding the exchange to "Avilo's Chat EPICNESS!". Take THAT sazzypantz!+ Show Spoiler +

12:17 Mod Subscriber Codonbyte: I'll be adding to that regularly (hopefully more regularly than I add to Phrase of the Day)12:17 Mod Arkansassy: they all told me it means sarcasm too Thyriaen12:17 Dangrath: + = 12:17 Akusta: Oh god12:17 Schu_22: lol wow12:17 Milky_hate: 12:17 Arkansassy don't believe Codon...he disappears a lot12:17 Subscriber Gngp: !12:17 Mod Subscriber Codonbyte: hey, I've been getting better, haven't I?12:18 Thyriaen: so when someone just comments something with only the word "kappa"12:18 Steve518: Aww yeah. I love attention.12:18 Mod Arkansassy: you're like avilo...you're better for a week then you fall off the edge and have to be kicked in the butt again12:18 Thyriaen: then ? you cant really comment with just being sarcastic» i dont get it12:18 Mod Arkansassy: and did you get my PM, codon?

2 October 2013 --- Steve518 getting back from a timeout during Tuesday STREAM OF DEATH.+ Show Spoiler +

*Godfrog is the biggest, baddest, cutest, sweetest, creepiest, most annoying troll to ever grace Avilo's stream chat. Click here to check out this post that he made, which should give you an idea of what he was like in-chat.But that's not all [spoken in sing-song commercial voice]. Godfrog is also a stalker who spends his free time stalking people, and making violent threats against women who try to stand up to his amphibious wrath! When Avilo refused to make him mod and Arkansassy told him to stop asking, he sent her some pretty disturbing messages, and started stalking both her AND Avilo. To this day, his name is incredibly infamous in his chat. Indeed, most Avilo fans are too scared to even say the cursed name, for fear that it may be jinxed, and instead refer to him as "you-know-who", or "she-who-must-not-be-named" (yes, she, for Arkansassy decided that Godfrog was a little girl, and what sassy says is THUS).

28 August 2014 -- "Oh my god am I going to beat a fucking maphacker?!?" -Avilo played vs a maphacker (confirmed really obvious maphacker) who kept sniping him and he WON. Even though the guy was both maphacking and playing Protoss. 3 August 3014 -- "The sensor tower really is the best defensive structure in the game." -Proof that Avilo does not only complain about Terran being underpowered. EAT IT HATERZ!!!28 July 2014 --- "Oh, it's Cheesy McCheeserson. He's going to go mass reapers because he doesn't know how to play a proper macro game against me. Although I guess most people don't know how to play a proper macro game against me."21 October 2013 --- "These guys whine more than I ever whined."10 October 2013 --- "That is some serious Martha Stewart action!"---8 September 2013 -- "That muta harass hurt -- a tiny bit."--- Avilo's comment after smashing some sad zerg :D

23 June 2013 -- (shouting at someone knocking at the door) "ONE MOMENT!!! [then mutters] in other words, fuck off!" --- Avilo's response to someone who doesn't know that you do NOT disturb someone during a ladder game.

14 June 2013 -- "I don't give out gg's like T-ball trophies!" --- Avilo's response to a viewer complaining that he didn't GG his opponent.

9 April 2013 -- "It's like chasing a piece of shit in a fucking circle!" --- Avilo describing what playing mech TvP is like.

23 March 2013 -- "Where's the twilight council, bitch? It's on the other side of the map, and it's a stargate! Oh, now it's a robo!" -Avilo commenting on how Protoss often hides buildings around the map in random locations.

10 December 2012 --- "Silly Terran, bio is for kids!!!"

18 September 2012 --- "We have problem vs BL/infestor ?! ... they give us firebats. What The Fuck."

15 September 2012 --- "This zerg is like those little kids in that diaper commercial where everyone is saying 'I'm a big kid now!'"After a zerg player made nothing but roaches for the entire game (no infestors even, lol).

30 August 2012 --- "It takes a special kind of zerg to lose ZvT."After a poorly-executed zerg all-in failed, Avilo typed the above in chat.

26 August 2012 --- "If there was a construction program on Aiur, and I signed up for it, they'd be all 'wtf man, why are there so many holes in this wall?' And I'd be all 'dude, I'm from planet earth! I just got here brah!'"

24 August 2012 --- [After killing his opponent's carriers while going Mech] "Well guys, about now he would remax on gateway units... except he doesn't have any gateways, because I NUKED THEM ALLLL WAAAAGGHHAAHAHAHAAA!!!"

21 August 2012 --- "[sounding worried] God, I hope he's not switching to BCs. For his sake, i mean."

18 June 2012 --- "...that one number, being tweaked in the note-pad file where they save the changes..." --- Avilo in his latest TvZ video (check it out HERE), talking about the +2 range buff to the queen.

18 June 2012 --- "If you wanna throw all the 'balance whine' stuff at me, fine. As long as we get the game fixed, I don't really care." --- While this quote isn't funny or ridiculous or random like some of the others, I think it highlights on of Avilo's better qualities: he's not afraid to share his honest opinion, even if he gets flamed for it. Many pro players wouldn't dare make comments about balance for fear of getting flamed. Not Avilo. He made this quote in this youtube video, which you can watch HERE.

13 June 2012 --- ...First of all, the map is insanely fucking huge. Second of all, the map is insanely fucking huge, and third of all, the third base is really... far, and the map is insanely fucking huge. --- Avilo expressing his love for the map Condemned Ridge.

13 June 2012 --- The official counter to bronze league is building a bajilion nuke silos. --- Avilo was playing a TvT when he realized that his opponent didn't have any idea how to play SC2 (they weren't bronze-level bad, but they were well below masters-level, which is what the account was rated). It will forever remain a mystery as to why their play was so far below masters-level. Maybe they were letting their little brother play or something, lol ^_^

6 June 2012 --- wtf, dude...you can't use the stuff I taught you against me!! --- When Avilo's first student almost beat him at a TvT.

6 June 2012 --- If you have two accounts, just get on the one that's ranked lower and you'll be sure to get some TvTs. --- At the start of a stream, he was explaining why he decided to play on his lower-ranked account.

13 June 2012 --- OMG he doesn't have infestors????? *Proceeds to cast 6 million seeker missiles and win game. --- TvZ when Avilo realized that enemy broodlords and corruptors had no infestor support and he had a bunch of ravens with energy for seeker missile. Guess what happened next?.

9 May 2012 --- My lead right now is 'ginormous as my penis. --- No explanation necessary XD

28 April 2012 --- 4 is my hotkey to remember what I need to remember. --- Avilo was messing around with his hotkeys on-stream, rebinding them in weird and awesome ways.

4 June 2012 --- Sorry, uh, my cat's on fire, and uh, I just stuck my dick in a lightbulb, so I can't off-race you atm. But trust me it's really easy! --- Avilo talking in funny voice after he challanged a Protoss player to off-race him after the Protoss player complained about Terran being OP.

3 June 2012 --- I'm not a terran player, I'm a bunker farmer. --- Avilo held off a Protoss all-in during the supposed "mig-game advantage" that Blizzard said Terran was supposed to have.

3 June 2012 --- AAAAAAAGHHHH FUCK YO BROODLORDS!!! --- Avilo shot some seeker missiles at some enemy broodlords and then ran away just in time to avoid fungals.

28 April 2012 --- God forbid he learn what infestors are. Then we really are in trouble." --- After a long and frusterating TvZ where Avilo lost a 200/200 army to Broodlords. I'm pretty sure he managed to win somehow despite that, though.

9 May 2012 --- "TvP really makes me wanna kill a goat!" --- After yet another one of those typical TvPs that makes Avilo's blood boil.

3 May 2012 --- "The thing is -- I need to lose SCVs right now, so this is sort-of actually good." --- TvP on a Protoss-favored map, and Protoss warped in some zealots into one of his mineral lines and they started slicing and dicing his SCVs. Instead of running his SCVs away, he had them fight back against the zealots lol.

3 May 2012 --- "I'd rather jack off a donkey while being fucked in the ass by a whale than play another TvP!" --- He chose random to let off some steam after a bad TvP. He got matched against a Protoss and rolled -- you guessed it --- TERRAN.

3 May 2012 --- 'When I have my creep spread at your third base by the 10 minute mark, then you can tell me it's meaningless." --- When Brinkersc said "it wont even effect anything quit crying. this upcoming patch is meaningless." in Avilo's stream chat, he responded with the above quote.

28 April 2012 --- I'm not just rebinding the physical keys. I'm rebinding my fucking brain. --- Avilo made a major overhaul on his hotkey setup today on his stream. He spent well over an hour remapping his hotkeys to optimize his apm efficiency. He even made Y and U control-group hotkeys!!

April 25 2012 --- "YES BECAUSE I HAVE 5000 APM AND YOU HAVE 20" --- It was another one of those long TvZs where zerg keeps makes broodlord infestor. Anyway, Avilo managed to win, and his opponent said "lol Terran, zerg actually has to rebuild bases", to which Avilo replied the above quote :D

April 23 2012 --- "Cheesy ladder fucks" --- After Avilo whupped some guy who built a hatchery in his (Avilo's!) base and then accused him of using a maphack when the hatchery was within vision range of Avilo's CC XD

April 23 2012 --- "Reaper INTO banshee?!?? Cool story bro" --- After some guy went reaper into cloaked banshees, and Avilo had 3 orbitals at his disposal for scans XD lololol

I started watching Avilo's stream in 2011, after finding out about him on Chickstv's stream. Avilo is a Grandmaster Terran playper on the NA server who's known for frequently going full mech in EVERY matchup. There are occasional exceptions, he does do other styles on certain maps that are particularly bad for mech, and sometimes he'll do bio in TvP, but mostly it's mech all the way!

He is also known for playing really long games. Indeed, 45 to 60 minutes is very common for him, and 90 minutes to 2+ hours is not unheard-of.

As the game passes the 1 hour mark, his vast excellent understanding of the late-late game timings and transitions becomes ever more apparent. During these long games, he'll frequently build large numbers of orbital commands to allow him to sack SCVs, and he'll do multi-pronged harrass with nukes to make his opponents tear their hair out (and then lose).

If you're tired of seeing hyper-aggressive Terran games that are over before the 20 minute mark, or would like to see something other than stutter step split 3-pronged marine drops, then this player is for you! So be sure to drop by his stream, which you can find HERE: www.twitch.tv/avilo

Added screenshots of other streamers censoring Avilo's name in their chats, thus demonstrating Avilo's growing popularity and prominent position in the community.

Started noting updates to this section of his fanclub because I had been slacking on doing that lately, making it look like I haven't updated the fanclub since 2012 when in reality I have updated it several times in 2013.

24 June 2013

Added screenshots of Avilo spanking RatZDeezer on stream.

17 June 2013

Changed the intro text at the top of the fan-club.

Added a "How to Help Support Avilo" section, which includes tips on how to write an effective post in the Featured Streamer thread.

Fixed an embarrassing spelling error in the newly-added "How to Help Support Avilo" section

14 June 2013

Added a BUNCH of people to the fan club that really should have been added a LOOOONG time ago (sorry).

Removed an EXTREMELY outdated poll that should have been removed ages ago (sorry again).

Moved the News and Upcoming Events section up to the top, just below the main image of Avilo.

Added a note to News and Upcoming Events about Avilo's latest ban on TL.net.

10 December 2012

Added a new Phrase of the Day.

18 September 2012

Added a new Phrase of the Day.

16 September 2012

Added a new Phrase of the Day (an especially good one, too!!)

30 August 2012

Added a new Phrase of the Day.

27 August 2012

Added a link to Avilo's new Ghost Mech replay pack.

27 July 2012

Added a link to Avilo's post about a hidden ghost nerf in HotS.

18 June 2012

Added another quote to Phrase of the Day.

Added another link to a youtube video.

Added yet another quote to Phrase of the Day.

17 June 2012

Added FOUR quotes to Phrase of the Day :D

Added a link to Avilo's post about the new HotS units.

13 June 2012

Added another quote to Phrase of the Day <3 <3 <3

6 June 2012

Added THREE quotes to Phrase of the Day XD.

9 May 2012

Added another couple phrases to Phrase of the Day (hmmm... maybe I should start calling it "Phrase of the Every Other Day").

3 May 2012

Added THREE phrases to Phrase of the Day to make up for the fact that I've been slacking on it.

29 April 2012

Added a link in the Links section to a video of Avilo casting a game between liquidtaeja and complexitykiller for the IPL caster search.

28 April 2012

Added ANOTHER phrase to Phrase of the Day. Check it, yo!

25 April 2012

Added another phrase to the Phrase of the Day. CHECK IT OUT YO!!!

23 April 2012

Added a Phrase of the Day section. CHECK IT OUT :D

Added a second phrase to Phrase of the Day section because it was just too darn badass.

14 April 2012

Added a replay of Avilo playing a long game against Protoss with lots of buildings getting nuked!

11 April 2012

Added a replay of Avilo doing the super-duper-funtime-build against Protoss!! :D

Profile Pictures --- I will be periodically changing the image at the top of this post. This section contains all the images that may be used as the profile image at the top. If you have any suggestions for profile images, PM me or post a response.+ Show Spoiler +

If you pause a replay when a launched nuke is at just the right altitude, you can get a VERY close-up view of the missile itself.

One of the things Avilo is known for is his widespread use of nukes in his game play. He was the first player to figure out just how awesome nukes are, and he often makes extensive use of them late-game in all match-ups, both for harassment, and defensively, to force enemy armies to retreat.

Avilo beats RatZDeezer on ladder!!!!! 23 June 2013 --- Deezer is up to his old tricks again, stream-cheating and BMing it as usual. But not even an effective maphack was enough for him to beat Avilo. + Show Spoiler +

Deezer denied watching Avilo's stream.

Whenever Avilo would suggest out loud that Deezer was watching his stream, Deezer would deny it!

He even responded to insults that Avilo said out-loud on his stream!

Headphone users who had their volume too high were very sorry indeed...

I'll be adding the replay if and when I can nag Avilo into putting it up.

1 July 2013 -- Avilo gets unbanned from TL.net. He was banned for telling it like it is in this post:

On June 01 2013 02:21 avilo wrote:When asking if something like this is viable you have to ask, "will it get through planetary nexus?"

If the answer is no, then no, it's not viable. There is a balance issue with the match-up right now involving the mocore/planetary nexus, but that's a topic for another thread

User was temp banned for this post and large assortment of past balance whine history/warnings/bannings.

Way to go Avilo!! Tell it like it is!

ATTENTION HATERS: Taeja says what Avilo has been saying for the last couple yearsWell haters, here it is -- Avilo is not the only one who believes that Protoss is broken as fuck. Here it is, folks: straight from the horse's mouth:

AVILO BEATS MINIGUN IN ZOTAC NA CUP USING MECH! THATS RIGHT FOLKS!! AVILO BEAT PROTOSS WITH MECH!!!!! AND THE PROTOSS WAS MINIGUN!! WHO'S ACTUALLY GOOD!!!! AND MINIGUN WENT CARRIERS!! HE WENT STRAIGHT TO CARRIERS!!!! YET SOMEHOW, AVILO MANAGED TO SPANK HIS BROKEN ASS!!!

OMG OMG OMG GUYS GUYS GUYS!!! LET IT BE KNOWN THAT AT ABOUT 7:50PM ON THE 31ST OF OCTOBER (HALLOWEEN) OF THE YEAR 2013, DAVID "AVILO" BLOWE DEMOLISHED INCONTROL USING MECH!!!!!!

In an epic game lasting over an hour, Avilo beat every vile protoss mech-killing thing: chargelots, blink stalkers, immortals, and finally a super-late-game protoss army of tempest HT and a few carriers! More details will be added shortly.

**BREAKING NEWS** **BREAKING NEWS** **BREAKING NEWS** ** BREAKING NEWS** **BREAKING NEWS**Okay, so I'm three days late on this, but better late than never! Anyway, here goes:

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG YAAAAAAAAY HOLY SHIT SO GAIS GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT??!!!?! AVILO STOMPED IDRA IN A SUPER-DUPER-PUPER LONG-ASS AVILO MECH GAME! THAT'S RIGHT, IDRA, WHO LOOKS DOWN ON AVILO, ALWAYS TRASH-TALKS HIM AND IS A BIG MEANY HAS BEEN STOMPED FLAT BY THE AWESOME POWER OF AVILO'S MECH ARMY!! CHECK OUT THE GAME!! HE HIGHLIGHTED THE TWITCH VIDEO OF THE MATCH, SO IT'S NOT GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON!! GO AND CHECK IT OUT EVERYONE!! CLICK HERE TO SEE AVILO STOMPING IDRA INTO AN EXTRA CRISPY ZERG-FLAVORED PANCAKE!

**BREAKING NEWS** **BREAKING NEWS** **BREAKING NEWS** **BREAKING NEWS** **BREAKING NEWS**OMG OMG OMG YAAY HOLY SHIT GUYS GUYS GUYS ON THIS FINE EVENING ON THE 4TH DAY OF THE TENTH MONTH OF THE 2013TH YEAR AFTER THE START OF THE GREGORIAN CALENDER AVILO WAS FEATURED ON TEAMLIQUID OMG FINALLY YAAAY AFTER ALL THIS TIME HE WAS FEATURED! WE KNEW HE HAD IT IN HIM!! AND HE GOT FEATURED! PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO SEE ALL THE HATE FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS: JEALOUSY! AND RIGHTFUL JEALOUSY BECAUSE AVILO IS ONE TRIPPIN' DUDE OMG HE'S FEATURED YES YES YES YES YES YES AAAAAAAA IMA CELEBRATE BY EATING ALL KINDS OF SUGAR THAT WILL MAKE ME REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY HYPER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!**Update: changed picture to one where Avilo has more viewers. The old picture can be viewed in this spoiler: + Show Spoiler +

Many thanks to all his wonderful fans who have supported him and helped him get featured by watching his stream, posting in the Featured Streamer Thread, and being a rockin' fan! Here are some of the posts in the featured streamer thread that helped him get featured. More will be added over time: + Show Spoiler +

On May 20 2013 11:01 Wojciech Zywny wrote:Avilo is getting 300+ viewers atm. Think its about time for him to get featured imo.

On June 05 2013 15:59 fatalslaughter wrote:Why not feature avilo? He puts out a lot of good content, and is very education and entertaining.

On June 06 2013 11:47 Kalfos wrote:Requesting Avilo to be featured.

On June 06 2013 11:50 Wojciech Zywny wrote:how is incontrol featured but not avilo??????

On June 06 2013 11:59 mtvacuum wrote:I think Avilo should be featured. His extreme lategame style is very entertaining and he is also great at interacting with viewers.

On June 06 2013 06:53 WaGGlez wrote:A GM player that joins EG gets auto featured on TL? Good job on following the rules teamliquid.

I totally agree with this statement. It's disheartening to see so many players who deserve to be featured not get featured. And yes TeamLiquid actually broke their own rules, but it won't be the first time. That's just sad to me

On June 07 2013 07:38 BadBrain wrote:I really think Avilo should be featured he is very entertaining... I just love watching him and i really have been improved a lot cuz of him!

On June 07 2013 07:39 Dzonson wrote:I really think you should put Avilo to featured streams, becose his streams are really helfull and he streams regullarly, thank you !

He currently plays Hots and test everythings out. and when i say everything, believe me, its everything possible ! Every strats you can think of. He also likes to interact with his chat, taking request on what he should do during a game (which strat to use, bio, mech, skyterran, anything really.)

He doesn't only play Hots, he'll play WoL at high level too, and from time to time, he'll stream other games such as Guild Wars 2.

He also runs a youtube channel, posting 20minutes + of Vlogs and Metagame updates for Hots, definitely something to check out; AviloStarcraft2

Avilo previously released a Replay Pack, and I'm sure he would be more than happy to release another one if people asked for it.

His long macro games are the best to watch (and to learn also), going through basically every kind of style possible.Siege tank opening into mech, transitioning to BC/Raven and some nukes to get the game going.

Another reason ? Are you bored with the current Proleague's caster ? ME TOO.Avilo will cast Proleague for you ! Yes he'll cast EG-TL owning korean's team, and that is awesome and entertainingHe'll talk from experience, analyse the game from another point of view, taking questions from the chat and throwing a joke here and there.

Having an average of 50-100 viewers and sometimes over 150 viewers unfeatured deserves a featured spotAs you can see, Avilo does a lot of stuff in the SC2 community, he has a passion for this awesome RTS game that is SC2. Avilo featured would be awesome

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[edit#2] ok, so basically i went thought the 65 pages of this thread to see how many people support Avilo's featured spot as of today, here is the list;

Making the grand total to 75 singular requests. I think the most epic thing about this update is that we finally broke the 1 request per page !!! ( Currently 1.04~~ request/page )

Btw, congratulation on your recent 300+ viewers!

Time to get Avilo featured ! gogo !

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On June 08 2013 08:04 dvorakftw wrote:I think avilo should be featured not only because he deserves it but also to show this thread isn't a waste of time.

On June 08 2013 09:26 cpuser999 wrote:I'm going to jump on this and post again about getting Avilo featured. I was unaware there were so many posts before me about this.

I've been watching him for ~2 years. He's not only entertaining but he knows more about the game than 95% of other streamers. He's incredibly intelligent, and streams all the time and plays intense macro games (I saw one last 2 and a half hours Blizzard time).

He's been in Grandmaster about 6-7 times, he streams every day for 6-7 hours at a time, sometimes twice a day; he's been on teams and to tournaments. He posts incredibly lengthy game analysis updates and Terran tricks and tips on YouTube.

It's really time to get Avilo more viewers and a feature spot. He's had it a long time coming. His viewer count is pretty damn good for a non-featured...averaging about 180-220 at a time. Oh yeah, and I'm a ZERG player, and I spend several hours a day watching Avilo.

Come on TL, lets get this done.

On June 08 2013 09:45 AyuReady wrote:Vote Avilo for president! He plays Terran so you know (According to Blizzard) You will get exciting matches from him!

He's put a lot of hard work into the growth of his stream. What confuses me is that the people who don't need the viewers get featured, but those awesome players who could use TLs help do not get featured. I've tried for a couple of years to understand this train of thought, but am at a loss.

Avilo is informative and has extremely intense games. Add to that his tenacity and sense of humor and you have a very entertaining streamer. He Mechs things happen in jaw-dropping match-ups where viewers are like "well avilo lost this one," and when he turns the game around for a win, viewers are like, "Huh? Did that just happen?"

He's long past due to be featured and it's obvious to a lot of people.

On June 10 2013 07:25 SYG wrote:I know a lot of people have been saying stuf about avilo, but he really does need to be featured.

In the past week or so that I've been watching him, I've learned a LOT more about starcraft 2 in such a short amount of time that I could learn in maybe a year or so, and for someone just getting into starcraft seriously, that kind of information really helps!

On June 13 2013 08:09 AyuReady wrote:AVILO should be featured :D I love watching him!

On June 13 2013 10:03 Gorribal wrote:Avilo should be featured, guy's smart his only problem is not liking bio and early aggression and despite all of that he's GM.

On June 15 2013 13:46 Monchon wrote:Avilo is a entertaining streamer. He is somewhat known and I think he deserves to be featured. PS, I joined TL thanks to Avilo's stream. I didn't know about this site and its helpful threads before.

On June 16 2013 12:03 Wojciech Zywny wrote:avilo is currently getting 500+ viewers on his stream and isn't featured, while Protech, who is streaming, only have 135.

please get over your egos mods and just feature avilo already. I know you hate him for whatever reason but how about you try to be a little bit professional and do the right thing

On June 17 2013 04:09 gilesandmolly wrote:avilo, you r such a good guy! i love your streams and your crazy freakiness! thanks for playing my replay, please keep it up!

On June 17 2013 11:54 MajorTom89 wrote:Here to post for Avilo being featured.

The real appeal to Avilo's stream, beyond noteworthy skill, is that he is extremely entertaining in both his commentary and his play style. Since HotS release, he has improved his game as well as his attitude towards opponents. I have learned a great deal by watching his stream and I think other plays, Terran or otherwise, could do the same. Most importantly, Avilo's stream is welcoming both in his willingness to interact with his viewers and a generally friendly and amusing chat. Out of all of the players that I follow, Avilo is in my top 5 easily.

Please feature Avilo so more people can experience his awesome kung-fu nukage! SUP

For a selfish reason I'd like him featured because I spend lots of time on TL and it'd be nice to see him on the right.

(For what it's worth I was NOT nudged into coming here haha)

On June 17 2013 16:11 iCpryde wrote:You should definitely feature Avilo, he's been doing really well on ladder and helps his streamers alot getting better at terran I have learned alot from him and he's really good alot better than some might give him credit for. Also hes super entertaining thumbs up for him being featured!

On June 18 2013 13:34 FreSH_LiKe_Uhhh wrote:Feature AVILO!!!! Great Terran macro player!! And he talks to his viewers and answers questions. Also does game analysis! Avilo GOGOGOOG!!!

On June 20 2013 08:23 iiXenO wrote:AVILO <3<3<3

On June 20 2013 11:37 chessnut333 wrote:Please feature Avilo soon, he has a great stream that's both informative and entertaining(personality and play style).

On June 21 2013 11:37 Slabocans wrote:Been watching Avilo lately.I must say that he offers a great stream.A lot of streamers get frustrated easily, cry about stream sniping, map hacking and other whinging when they lose.This isn't enjoyable viewing.

Avilo on the other hand, explains what he is doing during the game, explains where he went wrong with a loss.His has a character that other streamers lack, exciting theater after a win always worth a laugh.

An all round good vibe streamer.Not to mention a great player, willing to try new things and not always stick to the 'meta' game.

GG Avilo

On June 24 2013 11:56 FreSH_LiKe_Uhhh wrote:Why hasn't Avilo been featured yet?! Every time i log on, he is on! It's awesome! idk, maybe it's just been luck the past five times, but hey, i LOVE IT!!! Great Terran player; love the raven and mech play!! :D

On June 24 2013 13:30 NJantirice wrote:Yeah Avilo is a grandmaster terran, one of the better players on twitch and definitely one of the better terrans why isn't he featured yet?

On August 14 2013 14:52 Incubus1993 wrote:Please feature Avilo. His stream is on of the best around and probly the best Terran stream. He's really funny and does lots of Mech/Sky Terran games which is nice to see from all the bio we see all the time.

He plays really epic games really often please feature!

On August 18 2013 08:24 Weavel wrote:Avilo sporting 600+ viewers again still not featured... TL please

On August 20 2013 15:43 cpuser999 wrote:Someone please move Avilo to the featured streamers list. I'm watching him right now and he has more viewers than ROOTCatz. 502 viewers and I've seen him peak out at 611 at few days ago. Come on guys, this is a model SC player here!

On August 23 2013 11:20 Doodsmack wrote:lol @ hellokitty being featured and PainUser being anywhere on that list, but avilo not being featured. It's been pretty clear for a while that avilo isn't featured due to TL mods' opinion of him. Let me guess, Fitzy and puck are still featured by virtue of being on ROOT? Oh that's right, Fitzy got 32nd at an MLG once.

On September 08 2013 06:53 TT1 wrote:FEATURE AVILO, THE WORLD NEEDS MORE AVILO

On September 08 2013 08:03 Doodsmack wrote:Who the hell is Tefel and why is he featured over Avilo? What has Naama done since winning a Korean-less Dreamhack in 2010 to deserve being featured over Avilo? Avilo is crushing their viewer numbers without being featured lol.

Really wish TL mods provided more reasoning for their featured streamer picks.

On September 08 2013 08:03 Doodsmack wrote:Who the hell is Tefel and why is he featured over Avilo? What has Naama done since winning a Korean-less Dreamhack in 2010 to deserve being featured over Avilo? Avilo is crushing their viewer numbers without being featured lol.

Really wish TL mods provided more reasoning for their featured streamer picks.

On September 09 2013 12:49 dreamseller wrote:i think it would be good for the SC2 scene for avilo to be featured/promoted on teamliquid. he is one of the few terran players that plays non-standard, and this is a breath of fresh air from the stagnant metagame.

whatever the differences he and the powers at teamliquid.net have had in the past need to be buried. the scene needs all the variety it can get.

On September 23 2013 12:17 Aveng3r wrote:I understand the way avilo sometimes conducts himself on these boards, but I think he has a lot of fans and good enough stream numbers to be featured. I also sense that tl staff does not address what is keeping avilo from being featured.

Im actually watching him right now. He plays a pretty unique style, he just used a seeker missle and tanks to defend a blink all in. I feel like a lot of people would enjoy him if they gave him a chance

On April 08 2012 15:46 Bajsgrodan wrote:Awesome player, really funny should get featured on TL, his stream is incredibly entertaining.

I agree, man. I have no idea why he isn't featured. He's the first GM streamer I've seen who isn't featured. In addition to being an extremely talented and innovative player, he also interacts with his viewers quite a lot, which is something that many GM streamers just don't do.

On April 08 2012 15:46 Bajsgrodan wrote:Awesome player, really funny should get featured on TL, his stream is incredibly entertaining.

I agree, man. I have no idea why he isn't featured. He's the first GM streamer I've seen who isn't featured. In addition to being an extremely talented and innovative player, he also interacts with his viewers quite a lot, which is something that many GM streamers just don't do.

There are a ton of GM players who are not featured and also players of a higher calibre than avilo, there are even GM players who get like 1-5 viewers everytime they stream. avilo at least gets a few hundred. Just wanted to correct you ^_^

On April 08 2012 15:46 Bajsgrodan wrote:Awesome player, really funny should get featured on TL, his stream is incredibly entertaining.

I agree, man. I have no idea why he isn't featured. He's the first GM streamer I've seen who isn't featured. In addition to being an extremely talented and innovative player, he also interacts with his viewers quite a lot, which is something that many GM streamers just don't do.

There are a ton of GM players who are not featured and also players of a higher calibre than avilo, there are even GM players who get like 1-5 viewers everytime they stream. avilo at least gets a few hundred. Just wanted to correct you ^_^

Do these players stream as regularly as Avilo does, though? Because it seems like not streaming regularly would really hurt your viewer count, and Avilo streams very regularly. Do these GM players who only get 1-5 viewers have sporadic streaming habits? Because if so, that would explain why they only have 1-5 viewers.

No idea if they stream regularly but my point is that avilo is far from being the only GM player who is not featured. There are also plenty of other good players who are not featured but often have a few hundred viewers, so hes not the only one in this situation.

I mean one can argue that he should be featured because he gets quite a lot of viewers considering he is not featured, but then again there are others who are not featured and even have like 10x more viewers than avilo. avilo is no special case, there are others in the same or similar streaming situation on TL.

I have to agree with Kaitokid on this one. There are so many superb players, who do not get recognized for one reason or another. Avilo is entertaining, informative, and GM. That, however, doesn't get you featured, according to TL rules.

The players he's coached were impressed with his coaching skills and ranked up within a week. Many players, who watch his stream regularly, comment that just watching him has helped them to rank up. That, according to TL rules, doesn't get you featured either.

Getting "hyped" and "invited" to tournaments seems to get you featured though. *shrugs* dunno. IMO, simply by observation and not based on fact, TL has never been a big fan of avilo.Fortunately, not everyone agrees.